From dusty desert sh*tholes to free-range bogan breeding grounds, to the bin-chicken playgrounds of our megacities, Sh*t Towns of Australia is a guide to the concrete, fibro and methamphetamine wastelands that we like to call home.
From Coober Pedy to Canberra, from Ballarat to Broken Hill, from Logan to Launceston, Sh*t Towns takes us through the veritable f*ck-tonne of crappy towns and cities that make up the 'Lucky Country' - profiling all the best places not to visit or, heaven forbid, live.
The sixty towns and cities reviewed in this volume have been carefully selected using an exacting set of scientific criteria developed at the prestigious University of Nimbin, combined with extensive field research, a desire to offend, and where possible a sense of humour.
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978-1-988547-24-4 (9781988547244)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Rick Furphy and Geoff Rissole are two of Australasia's leading self-appointed experts on sociology, travel and culture. After cutting their teeth as investigative reporters for regional newspapers such as the Asbestos Times and the Gawler Growler, Furphy and Rissole released their bestselling debut Sh*t Towns of New Zealand, which won the Poolitzer Prize, the Poobody Award and the Nobel Prize for Shiterature. The pair's work has attracted controversy - including one district mayor suggesting they be shot - but in the spirit of other true Aussie rebels like Ned Kelly, the Eureka diggers and Swino the pig, Rick Furphy and Geoff Rissole refuse to let naysayers deter them from their vital work.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN AUSTRALIAN HISTORY
HOW TO SPEAK AUSTRALIAN
TEN SIGNS YOU LIVE IN A SHIT TOWN
QUEENSLAND
Cairns
Townsville
Mackay
Mount Isa
Rockhampton
Bundaberg
Fraser Island
Sunshine Coast
Caboolture
Brisbane
Toowoomba
Ipswich
Logan
Gold Coast
NEW SOUTH WALES
Nimbin
Byron Bay
Lismore
Casino
Grafton
Coffs Harbour
Armidale
Tamworth
Port Macquarie
Broken Hill
Dubbo
Newcastle
Central Coast
Orange
Bathurst
Lithgow
Penrith
Sydney
Wollongong
Nowra
Wagga Wagga
Albury-Wodonga
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
Canberra
AUSTRALIA'S WORST 'BIG THINGS'
VICTORIA
Mildura
Shepparton
Bendigo
Ballarat
Melbourne
Geelong
TASMANIA
Launceston
Queenstown
Hobart
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Mount Gambier
Adelaide
Port Pirie
Port Augusta
Coober Pedy
NORTHERN TERRITORY
Alice Springs
Katherine
Darwin
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Broome
Kalgoorlie
Perth
Fremantle
Mandurah
Tuggabugga
